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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Liquid Water on Mars? and More Water Trouble on Earth? and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise

Mountains of ice invade beachfront homes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/gallery.michigan.ice/index.html

Obama agrees to sign $410 billion spending bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29632177/

Obama wants new rules for earmarks

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html

Earmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_(politics)

Wildfires: Why California Should Consider Australia's 'Prepare, Stay And Defend' Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226102308.htm

Why Some People Don’t Heed Tornado And Other Severe Weather Warnings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310115809.htm

North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting attack

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo27318-us-korea-north/

UN debates drug policy's impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936605.stm

Reinventing your career in a tough economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29436658/

Not All Bad: Meet the 'Recession Angels'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7042022&page=1

Food caravan stops in hard-hit Ind. county

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29617742/

L.A. Schools To Lay Off Nearly 9,000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4857792.shtml

Bank to use 'newly created' money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936319.stm

China's exports in sharp decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936528.stm

China exports slump, IMF warns on toxic banks

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5250li-us-financial/

US-China talks as sea row rumbles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7936468.stm

USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Impeccable

Britain denies G20 planning rift with United States

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a2vq-us-g20-britain-usa/

Economy even worse than recent figures suggest: parliamentary budget officer

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/11/economy-page.html

CNNMoney: Four states have 10% unemployment

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/economy/state_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009031110

Does your career fit your personality?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/11/cb.career.fit.personality/index.html

US Congress eases curbs on Cuba

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936430.stm

Tariq Aziz guilty of Iraq murders

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7937034.stm

Tariq Aziz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Aziz

Greenspan says Fed didn't cause the housing bubble

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a1kr-us-housingbubble-greenspan/

Alan Greenspan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan

John Lewis sees profits fall 26%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7936786.stm

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Department_Store)

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorismate_lyase

Streptococcus pneumoniae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae

Bioencapsulation: Creating A Safe Haven For Sensitive Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226105130.htm

Stem Cell Focus Part Of New Harvard Major

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858723.shtml

Experts use nanotech to deliver anti-cancer genes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5294yt-us-cancer-nanotechnology/

Airborne Fungi Linked To Asthma Epidemic In Puerto Rico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302115757.htm



Feeling Down And Out Could Break Your Heart, Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191852.htm

Compulsive Hoarding Poses Safety And Psychological Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309211632.htm

Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310152329.htm

Table Salt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_salt

Inactivity Of Proteins Behind Longer Shelf Life When Freezing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084053.htm

Genetics Of Fear: Anxiety Disorder Genes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310161503.htm

Headaches Linked To High Temp, Low Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309161951.htm

Toxoplasmosis Parasite May Trigger Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311085151.htm

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305204321.htm

New Genre Of Sugar-coated 'Quantum Dots' For Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309223403.htm

Quantum Dot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Dot

Hunters switch to 'green' bullets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html

Newsweek: Obama's Intel Czar Resigns

http://www.newsweek.com/id/188725

Electronic Amplifier Capable Of Functioning In Extreme Temperatures Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309210239.htm

Mechanism To Increase Magnetic Response Of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132555.htm

Tiny Radio Transmitters On Skis Help Competitive Skiers Analyze Every Move

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309122203.htm

First Responders: Random Antenna Arrays Boost Emergency Communications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225151337.htm

New Design Means Cheaper, More Sustainable Construction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303082813.htm

Gmail down again for some users

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7934443.stm

YouTube stands by UK video block

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933565.stm

Warning over US broadband funding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7933895.stm

Barbara Liskov wins Turing award

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7937010.stm

Barbara Liskov (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Liskov

Military Robots: More Than Meets the Eye

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7049327&page=1

German school gunman 'kills 15'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936817.stm

Ten die in Alabama shooting spree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936382.stm

Former Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29633400/

FBI probes U.S. Somalis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29620604/

Trunk tricks Elephants discover how to get a drink of fresh water when faced with a stagnant pool


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7932769.stm

The elephants in action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7933058.stm

Loxodonta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephas

Poached skins matched to tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935661.stm

Why monkey mums bow to baby temper tantrums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7934852.stm

Calif. whale watchers delight

javascript:vPlayer('29615560','458170a4-b4f8-477f-9908-b1314e2998c2')

Walruses are world's most unusual snoozers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616122/

Odobenus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walrus

Indian police enroll rat recruits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7933538.stm

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205313.htm

Tiny whale shark rescued

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615174/

Rhincodon typus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhincodon_typus

'Dracula' fish shows baby teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935482.stm

New Fish Discovered In Antarctic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150919.htm

Gosztonyia antarctica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosztonyia_antarctica

Big-hearted Fish Reveals Genetics Of Cardiovascular Condition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132534.htm

Danio rerio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danio_rerio



Coral Reefs Dissolving From CO2 In Air?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309162125.htm

Live Evolution In Tiny Predator-Prey Battle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305150917.htm

Yellowstone Alga Found To Detoxify Arsenic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191850.htm

Cyanidioschyzon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanidioschyzon

Electric Signals In Plants Induced By Wounding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105030.htm

Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122730.htm

Tsuga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuga

Tree-eating Bugs Seen By Satellite As They Denude Invasive Tamarisk Trees In Southwest U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310084729.htm

Tamarix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarisk_tree

How Increased UV Exposure Impacts Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309105058.htm

Bryophyte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte

Discovering The Secret Code Behind Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224230709.htm

Photosynthesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

Corn-for-ethanol's Carbon Footprint Critiqued

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302183321.htm

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302182954.htm

Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090303084334.htm

3-D View Of Remote Galaxies -- When Universe Was Half Its Current Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120400.htm

Cosmic strings could solve positron mystery

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090310/full/news.2009.143.html?s=news_rss

Madoff faces life in prison on 11 criminal charges

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n10463499-us-madoff/

Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a0fg-us-lincoln-watch/

Photo may last of Lincoln before his death

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/index.html

Two Notable Lincoln Artifacts Revealed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4856676.shtml

Abraham Lincoln

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Egypt: Ancient golden jewelry found in tomb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615388/

Storm may have uncovered Civil War shipwreck

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29609474/

St. Francis Basilica frescoes bound with milk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616121/

Malaysian dig reveals ancients were high-tech

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552914/

Popular Kids Earn More When They Grow Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309171922.htm

Jon Stewart to CNBC's Cramer: %$#@ you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/03/10/moos.stewart.rips.cnbc.cnn

Jon Stewart (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart

Jim Cramer (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cramer

Ontario lottery corporation apologizes for imported car giveaway

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/olg-car-giveaway.html

Global gambling sector rolls snake eyes in '08

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/10/gambling-sector-downturn.html

Quebec man hopes to remember the dead with all-obituary cable channel

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090310/K03109AU.html

Nebraska dealership execs — and 80 cars — missing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/missing_cars;_ylt=Asa.uGx6Ut2ECG4vUeXhd7ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmM0bjEwBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuZWJyYXNrYWRlYWw-

Fargo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(movie)


Eurovision axes 'anti-Putin' song

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7935865.stm

Eurovision Song Contest

http://www.eurovision.tv/


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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

For Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Russian gas to Europe 'blocked'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7826142.stm

UN chief to meet Mideast leaders as Gaza conflict continues

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/13/gaza-tuesday.html

Diplomacy Resumes As Gaza Fighting Rages

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/world/main4717882.shtml

Israelis strike 60 Gaza targets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7825684.stm

Israelis, Hamas battle near central Gaza City

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28633969/

Ten conflicts the world forgot

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28584056/

Newsweek: Adm. Mullen on Pakistan, Afghanistan

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179149

Michael Mullen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen

Obama to act early on Guantanamo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7825902.stm

Newsweek: Obama faces national security dilemma

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178855

Report critical of former Justice Dept. official

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/justice_civil_rights;_ylt=Aj0VJ3bs0eHWLP3PnutZS7qs0NUE

Bradley Schlozman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Schlozman

Obama plan 'would lift economy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7826552.stm

UK economy in 'frightening' decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825213.stm

Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825513.stm

Nov. trade gap lowest since 2003

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28636183/

China's exports in record decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7825573.stm

Sony Shock: Giant to Report $1.1B Loss

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory?id=6634457

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7825552.stm

Nigeria's gas flaring under fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7820384.stm

Zimbabwe health crisis 'a crime'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7826304.stm

Paradise lost? Heightened fears for Maldives' lowering lands

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7814446.stm

Republic of Maldives

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives

Financier hunted after mystery plane crash

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Marcus Schrenker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Schrenker

Officials: Toss salmonella-linked peanut butter

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28635958/

Peanut butter may be linked to 3 deaths

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28625983/

Pet food suspected of killing dogs in China

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28626069/

Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive, New Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090110085918.htm

Lack of sleep 'raises cold risk'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7823599.stm

Disabling Enzyme Allows Mice To Gorge Without Becoming Obese, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090111163036.htm

EADS to unveil laser sniper spotter

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090112/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_eads_sniper;_ylt=AuBEq2HQP.fTv7mCyIhOnuftiBIF

Dangerous coding errors revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7824939.stm

Cyber crime tool kits go on sale


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6976308.stm

Peddler of Cable-Hacking Modems Charged

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/FedCrimes/story?id=6632405&page=1


Windows 7 now 'available to all'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7825111.stm

Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

Digital rights war looms ahead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7825428.stm

Jaguar unveils 'fastest car'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7824703.stm

Jaguar XF

http://www.jaguarxf.com/

Toyota Unveils New Prius Boasting 50 MPG

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/12/business/main4715686.shtml

What's stopping you? Shoddy Chinese brake pads gain market share

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/13/brakes.html

Unconventional Superconductivity Discovered In New Iron Arsenide Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201222.htm

Indulge your inner child with 'Crayon Physics'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628780/

China closes 91 Web sites in crackdown

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28620639/

Pro-mafia Facebook pages cause alarm in Italy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28619999/


Hair Of Tasmanian Tiger Yields Genes Of Extinct Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201131.htm

Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7825011.stm

Tasmanian tiger's die-off explained

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628037/

Thylacinus cynocephalus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine

Giant Bird Feces Record Pre-human New Zealand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110115.htm

Dinornithidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa_(bird)

Drive to save red panda

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7826150.stm

Ailurus fulgens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda

Mink Control Vital To Save Water Voles In Britain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090110084246.htm

Mustela lutreola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Mink

Arvicola amphibius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vole

Rats Say: Manhattan Rules!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201212.htm

Rattus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus

Pink slips for porcupines? Zoos face cuts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28634539/

Dino feathers 'were for display'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7825364.stm

Spate of shark attacks in Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7826389.stm

Humans Reshape Prey At Super-natural Speeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201123.htm

Rabbits play while the cats are away - and penguins suffer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7824153.stm

Tagged seahorses How coloured plastics help track the fragile animals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7796425.stm

Microscopic Morphology Adds To Scorpion Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110100.htm

Scorpionida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion

Tiny Insect Develops Long-term Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201312.htm

Hazards Of Severe Space Weather Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090111141246.htm

Dead Stars Tell Story Of Planet Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090111140432.htm

Active Galaxies Are Different Near And Far

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112102350.htm

Space Telescope Unveils A Dozen New Pulsars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112101704.htm

Hubble mystery light puzzles astronomers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28622042/

Why We Procrastinate And How To Stop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112110106.htm

Financial prowess 'all in the fingers'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7825890.stm

How to land dream island job

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7824386.stm
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